Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1953)

MOVIE MAKERS 331 News of the industry Up to the minute reports on new products and services in the movie field Sportsters Spruce up Tokeeppace sartorially with their companion Regent 8mm. projector, both of Bell & Howell's spool-load 8mm. Sportster cameras — the 134V (single lens) and the 134-TA (tri-lens) — are now being issued in a fawn metallic and dubonnet finish. In addition to the color changes, both cameras provide click stops on their standard V2 inch //2.5 lenses. There will be no increase in price, the one-lens camera retailing at $89.95, the tri-lens at $129.95, each with an //2.5 lens and federal tax included. Continuous Based on a Filmosound 285 optical sound projector, a new device for the continuous showing of 16mm. movies has been announced by the Triangle Projector Company, of Skokie, 111. The unit will operate for up to 200 hours with a maximum load of 1600 feet of film, rear-projecting its image on a 13 by 18 inch shadow-boxed screen. The Triangle continuous projector will list at from $880 to $1403.50, depending on accessories. Auricon TV-T Berndt-Bach, Inc.. of Hollywood, have announced the development of a new television transcription (TV-T) shutter for kinescope recordings with either the company's Super 1200, AuriconPro or CineVoice cameras. The TV-T shutter, it is said, makes it possible to photograph television images, occurring at 30 frames per second on the receiver tube, at the rate of 24 frames per second without the loss of picture quality associated with conventional motion picture cameras. Auricon cameras with the TV-T shutter are available for three different functions: (1) kinescope recording B&H SPORTSTERS, here the three-lens model 134-TA, will now be finished in fawn metallic and dubonnet to match Regent projector. of picture only; (2) recording of picture and sound on a single-system track; (3) recording sound only on a variable area or variable density track. A 50 foot TV-T demonstration kinescope is available on loan from A. N. Brown, Berndt-Bach, Inc., 7377 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles 36, Calif. Time lapse ^he Photovision Company, 1636 Washington Avenue, Wilmette, 111., has announced a two-part time lapse mechanism which can be adapted to Bell & Howell 16mm. and 35mm. (Filmo and Eyemo) cameras without modifications of these instruments other than the addition of a motor bracket. The unit provides for automatic picture taking over a range of two exposures per second through one every four minutes. The price of the solenoid unit is $175, the intervalometer (or timer) $185. Illustrative material on the device may be had from the company. Booklets Secrets of Good Color Projection, a 16 page booklet covering 2 and 3-D projection, is being offered gratis by the Radiant Manufacturing Corporation, 2627 West Roosevelt Road. Chicago 8, 111. . . . Your dealer, or James H. Smith & Sons Corporation, of Griffith, Ind., makers of Victor lighting units, will be pleased to give you the company's new 12 page booklet, Indoor Movies Made Easy . . . The American Cinematographer Handbook, edited by Jackson J. TV-T SHUTTER, new feature of Auricon Super 1200 and other Berndt Bach sound cameras, smooths filming of 30 fps kinescopes at 24 frames. CAPTURE CHRISTMAS in Movies MEDIUM BEAM REFLECTOR G-E PHOTOLAMPS Designed especially for movie making. 40° beam spread is matched to camera coverage. 375watts means four on a single home circuit. Ideal for camera bracket lights. and to see them at their best— G-E PROJECTION LAMPS Use 'em in slide or movie projector and be sure to keep a spare handy. Remember . . . G-E Lamps for every photographic purpose GENERAL ELECTRIC